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This Weekend’s News: The Spoiling in a Warming World
Yesterday, The New York Times ran a lengthy story on how climate change is affecting global food production, with consequences that cut across the full spectrum of society, fr...
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6 June 1944 and all that
Today is the 67th anniversary of "Goddammit, Rangers, Lead the Way." If you are able, and especially if you are a youngish man thinking of trying your hand at Rangering, watch...
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War and the TCN
First off, many thanks to those of you who either attended yesterday's conference or followed proceedings on our website or via Twitter. I will be sure to post the conference ...
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Join Us Today for Our Fifth Annual Conference
We are at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in downtown Washington, DC today for our Fifth Annual Conference. This is always a great time of the year as it is an opportunity ...
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2011 CNAS Conference
On Thursday Today, CNAS hosts its fifth annual conference, which you can watch here. I'll be participating in a panel on internet freedom and the Middle East with Richard Font...
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Sua Sponte
Also this morning, let me offer a hearty congratulations to SFC Leroy Arthur Petry of HHC, 75th Ranger Regiment. SFC Petry will receive the Medal of Honor for heroic actions i...
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Smarter
I beat up on the House yesterday, so let me give credit where it is due today: WASHINGTON (AP) — A House of Representatives panel presented on Tuesday a $649 billion defense s...
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Read This Now: America’s Climate Choices
While we are gearing up for our Fifth Annual Conference tomorrow, I thought this would be a great opportunity to point out the latest report from the National Academies of Sci...
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This Weekend’s News: Still Lost in Translation?
There were several natural security-related news stories this weekend, including this announcement from Germany yesterday that the government will end its nuclear power progra...
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Walter Pincus 1, HASC 0
Walter Pincus is approximately 187 years old, but he is still one of my favorite reporters working for stories like this one. When is an earmark not an earmark? It’s when Ho...
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For the Fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the ...
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How China, U.S. See Each Other at Sea
Maritime security, especially in the East and South China Sea, remains high on the agenda of China, the United States, Japan and other regional actors. Incidents over the pas...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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China's Port in Pakistan?
Pakistani officials have announced that the Chinese look favorably on taking over the operation of the Arabian Sea port of Gwadar close to the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz...
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National Security Human Capital
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Campaign Design and Strategy in Libya
From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — President Obama has subtly shifted Washington’s public explanation of its goals in Libya, declaring now that he wants to assure the Lib...
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Energy Security: The Key to Strengthening U.S.-Israeli Relations?
The atmosphere between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been noticeably tense since President Obama delivered his Middle East speech last Thur...
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Beyond Afghanistan
LTG (Ret.) David Barno, Matt Irvine and I have published a new report (.pdf) with the Center for a New American Security that attempts to identify the components of a successf...
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The Arab Spring Makes Hypocrites of All of Us, Apparently
"We call on all Syrians to preserve their country as well as the ruling regime, a regime of resistance, and to give their leaders a chance to cooperate with all Syria's commun...
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A Glimmer of Cooperation in the South China Sea
Last night, Christine emailed me this story from the China Daily reporting that China has proposed a tsunami warning system that would link vulnerable countries in the South C...
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Direct-Action Special Operations, Explained in Brief
While waiting in Logan Airport at o-dark-thirty for a flight back to Washington on Monday, I typed out a brief explanation of the risks and rewards of direct-action special op...